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In 1959, the season ended in a tie between the Dodgers and the Milwaukee Braves.The Dodgers won the tie-breaking playoff. 1959 also saw a team other than the Yankees win the A.L. pennant, one of only two such years in the 16-year stretch from 1949 through 1964, and because of the Dodgers' move to Los Angeles, this resulted in the first World Series since 1948 to have no games in New York City.
Los Angeles Dodgers. The Los Angeles Dodgers are an American professional baseball team based in Los Angeles. The Dodgers compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West Division. Founded in 1883 in Brooklyn, New York, the team joined the NL in 1890 as the Brooklyn Bridegrooms and used other monikers ...
The Dodgers have multiple periods of sustained excellence throughout their history. The franchise’s first successful period, between 1947 (Jackie Robinson’s first season) through 1966 (Sandy Koufax's final season), featured four championships (1955, 1959, 1963, 1965), ten World Series appearances (1947, 1949, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1959, 1963 ...
Duke Snider is the first Dodger to get a hit. April 11, 1962: Jim Gilliam becomes the first Dodger to homer at Dodger Stadium, a two-run shot off the Reds' Moe Drabowsky. May 5, 1962: Bo Belinsky ...
Sanford Koufax (/ ˈ k oʊ f æ k s /; né Braun; born December 30, 1935), nicknamed "the Left Arm of God", is an American former baseball pitcher who played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers from 1955 to 1966.
1949 – Jackie Robinson. 1951 – Roy Campanella. 1953 – Roy Campanella. 1955 – Roy Campanella. 1956 – Don Newcombe. Los Angeles. 1962 – Maury Wills. 1963 – Sandy Koufax. 1974 – Steve Garvey.
The Los Angeles Dodgers are a Major League Baseball team based in Los Angeles. The team is in the Western Division of the National League. Established in 1883, the team originated in Brooklyn, where it was known as the Brooklyn Dodgers, before moving to Los Angeles for the 1958 season. A total of 56 players, managers, and executives in the ...
The Dodgers began play in 1884 as the Brooklyn Atlantics and have been known by seven nicknames since (including the Grays, Grooms, Superbas, and Robins), before adopting the Dodgers name for good in 1932. [1] They played in Brooklyn, New York until their move to Los Angeles in 1958. During the team's existence, they have employed 32 different ...